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Investing Lessons From Alvin Hall

27 May 2009
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Alvin Hall is this week's guest on Money Talk. David chats openly with Alvin about what investors should be aware of when dipping their toes in the stock market. They look at how much you should invest at various stages of your life and how to determine the amount of risk you are able to bear. Listen out also for why everyone should walk on pavements in stiletto heels at least once! A transcript of this podcast is also available.

Alvin Hall with David Kuo
Alvin Hall with David Kuo

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compound200 30 May 2009 , 4:33pm

excellent --alvin is the opposite of madoff

TamesisChild 30 May 2009 , 11:16pm

I really enjoyed the podcast; I think that this is the first one that I have ever listened to on the Fool. I often see David on the Beeb and think that he did a better job of interviewing Alvin than other broadcasters do when interviewing David.

The podcast was easy to understand without talking down to the listener and provided some sound advice that everyone should bear in mind.

However, whilst the idea of the ‘sleep test’ sounds good, I think that it could easily be overdone. Donald Keough, in “The Ten Commandments for Business Failure”, rates not taking risks as the number one disease of success. That said, getting Alvin to quantify an amount for a working ‘safety net’ does set a relatively easy to achieve baseline, before risking your money in the market.

The piece about investing in art also contained some useful points. When I decided to diversify into both art and wine I decided to buy only pictures that I really liked and wine that I wished that I could afford to drink, so perhaps I am on the right track….

Anyway, thanks for the podcast, I am going to make an effort to listen to them from now on.


Kind regards, Tamesis Child.

TMFDragon 01 Jun 2009 , 1:58pm

Hi Richard,

Welcome to Money Talk, where the Motley Fool podcast team tackles the financial issues of the day with a touch humour, a hint of irreverence but always with a sense of purpose.

We were delighted when Alvin Hall accepted our invitation to appear on Money Talk - he is a very busy man as you can imagine. Nevertheless, we had plenty of time to chat, which is something that can be in short supply when I’m on telly or radio. Live media interviews are a completely different discipline – it’s often about distilling 60-minutes worth of content into a 60-second sound-bite!

We have lots of great guests lined up for the summer, so do keep an eye open for topics that interest you. If there is anything that you would like us to cover specifically, please let us know at moneytalk@fool.co.uk.

About two months ago we looked at investing in wine when Stephen Davies of Lay and Wheeler kindly joined us on the podcast. You can find it through this link.
http://www.fool.co.uk/money-talk/investing/2009/03/13/how-to-make-money-from-fine-wine.aspx

Best regards

David

TheBabaganoosh 03 Jun 2009 , 11:02pm

Fab podcast as always. I'm surprised it doesn't seem to attract all that much attention, but perhaps the number of comments isn't a good indicator. I think Alvin Hall is a real voice of reason for the layman.

Andyrwhitehead 04 Jun 2009 , 9:20pm

A very good article, especially doubling up the amount of cash drip fed into the ETF, in a falling market.

Although, given current market conditions, I would have been interested to know how Alvin would invest if the market began to rise?



Guy5pd 10 Jun 2009 , 7:08pm

Best Money Talk I've heard so far! Thanks, David and Alvin, for your insights.

Guy

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